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[-] x00z@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's more about stealing credit.

Like when you say a joke and nobody heard you and somebody tells it again but louder and everybody laughs.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

An internet meme isn't a meme until it is shared around. It becomes something that exists without a single person who can take credit as turning it into a meme. Similarly the original creator, even if known isn't the person who turned their creation into a meme.

The need to grasp for credit of an internet cultural phenomenon is foreign to me.

this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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